tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post1851850359156189043..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: NG 864Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-25741237071857748652017-02-14T09:25:55.292+11:002017-02-14T09:25:55.292+11:00Not a typo sadly. Not a typo sadly. Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-75969725564159361512017-02-13T13:43:34.515+11:002017-02-13T13:43:34.515+11:00Oh, wow, I completely missed SPOOKIEST. Well done...Oh, wow, I completely missed SPOOKIEST. Well done, Mike! (I did have SOOKIEST* written down as speculative... so near, and yet so far.) I'm afraid you're in error on the conundrum, though: It is EXORCISED, not EXERCISED. Or maybe that was just a typo? (You'd probably get away with that in practice, what with the pronunciations being sufficiently similar.)<br /><br />1. POSTIES<br />2. CHATTER<br />3. 654 = (7 - 1)*(100 + 9)<br />4. COMPLINE<br />5. GOURDS<br />6. 675 = (6 + 3)*75<br />7. COMMIES<br />8. 958 = 9*100 + 50 + 10 + 5 - 7<br />9. [N/A -- chosen: EXORCISED]<br />Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-90375453230026652512017-02-12T06:57:13.343+11:002017-02-12T06:57:13.343+11:00SPOOKIEST
CHATTER
7*100-50+9+1-7=653 (1 off)
CLO...SPOOKIEST <br />CHATTER<br />7*100-50+9+1-7=653 (1 off) <br />CLOMPING <br />ROUGHS<br />(6+3)*75=675<br />COMMIES<br />10*100-50+7=957 (1 off) <br />EXERCISED (25s) Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.com